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He was my North, my South
My East and West
My working week
and my Sunday rest
My noon, my midnight
My talk, my song
I thought that love
would last forever
I was wrong

—W.H. Auden

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Hold on,
hold on to yourself
for this is gonna hurt like hell.

—Sarah McLachlan

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It's been seven hours
and fifteen days
since you took your love away
I go out every night
and sleep all day
since you took your love away

—Sinéad O'Connor

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Me, myself and I
That's all I got in the end
That's what I found out

—Beyoncé

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And I know
that love is mean,
and love hurts

—Lana Del Rey

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I’m a-wonderin’ if she
remembers me at all
Many times I’ve often prayed
In the darkness of my night
In the brightness of my day

—Bob Dylan

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Had a friend, she once told me
You got love, you ain't lonely
Now she's gone and left me only
Looking for what I knew

—Led Zeppelin

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Tell me
do you think of me now
as I think of you?

—Sufjan Stevens

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You don't know
the power that you have
with that tear in your hand

—Tori Amos

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No fair
you really know
how to make me cry
when you gimme those
ocean eyes

—Billie Eilish

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Sometimes love is not enough.

—Lana Del Rey

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Of all the ways to lose someone, death is the kindest.

—Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish its source.

―Anaïs Nin

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I never dreamed
that I'd meet somebody like you
And I never dreamed
that I'd lose somebody like you

—Chris Isaak

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Now you're just somebody
that I used to know.

—Gotye & Kimbra

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You’re my favorite mistake.

—Sheryl Crow

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I dream a highway
back to you.

—Gillian Welch

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I know someday
you'll have a beautiful life
I know you'll be a star
in somebody else's sky
But why, why, why
can't it be
can't it be
mine?

—Pearl Jam

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you were mine
and my life was full
you are no longer mine
and my life
is full

—rupi kaur

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I'm alright
or I’ll be in time.

—Fenne Lily

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She once was a true love of mine.

—Simon & Garfunkel

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